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Minnesota couple among 5 identified from cruise ship disaster

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Gerald 'Jerry' and Barbara Heil
This undated photo provided Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 by the St. Piux X Catholic Church directory in White Bear Lake, Minn. shows Gerald "Jerry" and Barbara Heil. The Heils were among those listed as missing after the cruise ship they were aboard hit a reef off the west coast of Italy Jan. 13, 2012 following an unauthorized maneuver by the captain.
AP Photo/St. Pius X Church Directory Photo, Olan Mills Studios

ROME (AP) -- Italian officials say they have identified the bodies of an American couple and two German nationals who perished when the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized.

The bodies of the four passengers were identified Tuesday on the interior ministry's website in a posting by the prefect's office from the Tuscan town of Grosseto.

They were named as Barbara and Gerald Heil of Minnesota -- the sole American victims of the disaster -- and Christina Mathi Ganz and Norbert Josef Ganz of Germany.

The body of an Italian crewman was also identified Tuesday after weeks of DNA testing and other exams.

Divers continue searching the wreck for a female Italian passenger and an Indian crewman missing since the Jan. 13 accident and presumed dead. The two have already been included in the death toll of 32.

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Gerald 'Jerry' and Barbara Heil
This undated photo provided Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 by the St. Piux X Catholic Church directory in White Bear Lake, Minn. shows Gerald "Jerry" and Barbara Heil. The Heils were among those listed as missing after the cruise ship they were aboard hit a reef off the west coast of Italy Jan. 13, 2012 following an unauthorized maneuver by the captain.
AP Photo/St. Pius X Church Directory Photo, Olan Mills Studios
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The Costa Concordia
Firefighters look at the emerged side of the cruise liner Costa Concordia on Jan. 17, 2012. The Costa Concordia grounded in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on Jan. 13.
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